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Trivium have premiered a new song and music video, entitled "Silence in the Snow." They also announced a new album, also entitled Silence in the Snow. The album is set for an October 2 release via Roadrunner Records.

Faith No More have posted a live video for the single “Superhero.” The track is from Sol Invictus, the band's first new studio album in 17 years. The video was shot May 8 at the Fillmore in Detroit. You can check out the video—and the band's upcoming tour dates—below.

U.K. metal legends Iron Maiden have released 30 seconds' worth of a song from their upcoming album, The Book of Souls. Check out the 30 seconds below and tell us what you think in the comments below or on Facebook.

Here's an ode to a piece of gadgetry rarely covered on GuitarWorld.com, something that has brought a whole new world of sounds to guitarists' fingertips: the guitar synthesizer, aka the guitar synth. First of all, exactly what is a guitar synth? To quote Norm Leet, who wrote an authoratative feature on the topic for Roland's UK website, "a guitar synth is a synth module whose input device is a guitar instead of a keyboard."

Alex Lifeson, the guitarist of Candian prog-rock legends Rush, recently sat down with the folks at PRS Guitars to discuss his history with the company and Rush's R40 tour in this exclusive video interview.

Miss May I have premiered the dark music video for their new single, "Deathless." The track is taken from the band's upcoming album of the same name, which is set for release on August 7 via Rise Records. You can pre-order it here.

When Jimmy Page wraps up Led Zeppelin’s reissue project at the end of this month, Page plans to invest his energies fully in his instrument—and possibly to the exclusion of having a singer.
“I’ll put my music together,” he says, “then think about whether I need to embellish it with a singer.”

He’s been called the greatest living guitarist by Eric Clapton, he’s played with blues legends like Muddy Waters and Howlin’ Wolf, and his new double album Rhythm and Blues is a powerhouse set with guest shots by Aerosmith, Kid Rock, Gary Clark Jr., Beth Hart and Keith Urban. But what Guitar World readers really want to know is....